June was an insanely busy month… work was crazy between meetings, closing
out IEPs, graduation activities, packing up the classroom, and trying to get
things ready for when we returned in the fall.
Five out of six of my graduates had a job by the time they graduated,
the only one that didn’t have a job opted out of job coach services during Covid. Considering I work with the students with the
most significant disabilities and a few years back none of my students were
graduating with jobs this is a huge success. I work with a amazing job coaches
and paras that help me prepare these students for success after school. We were all excited to have in-person
graduation again and the students did amazing… it was so fun to see their personalities
shine through during graduation. I will
miss my students as they move on to the next stage of life, but I am excited
for where they are going. It was fun to
be able to celebrate one of them at their house after they graduated though. We
ended the school year with a party at Andy’s house. Matthew joined me for part of the party… it
was fun to be able to relax and just enjoy visiting with staff without the
stress of work.
This year Josiah graduated from high school (and with his AA) so we were
able to celebrate this special occasion with a party at his house. It was a lot of fun seeing everyone after so
long since we no longer go to Faith there are a lot of people that I don’t see
on a regular basis anymore. This was an exciting year for the family as James
and Maggie also graduated from college (just in time to get married in July) and
we found out in May that Abby was pregnant.
We are definitely blessed.
My parents came home earlier than usual so we have been able to spend
more time with them this summer. They
did spend a couple weeks helping my sister and Keb build a shed but other than
they have been staying in our driveway.
Of course, their claim that they were not going to do any more yardwork
did not hold up but that will be its own blog later on…!
My favorite part about summer, besides the beautiful weather, is the extra
time I have to spend doing my quiet times in the morning. Even better is being able to do them outside
in the sun… and the beauty of God’s creation!
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